More Big Government/Big Brother from the Republicans: Scott Walker

Politics and Social Issues
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I actually used to vote for Republicans. That was way back when they were for small government. Now it seems that they want the government to get more and more involved in everyone’s personal life (unless it involves gun ownership).
Scott Walker Sues Feds Over Food Stamp Drug Testing]
Whatever happened to those Republican traditions? Lately they are all about BIG government, what religion you practice, who is in your bedroom with you and, if you are a woman, what might be hiding “in your belly”. Now it’s indiscriminate drug testing. Sad. :long:

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I actually used to vote for Republicans. That was way back when they were for small government. Now it seems that they want the government to get more and more involved in everyone's personal life (unless it involves gun ownership). Scott Walker Sues Feds Over Food Stamp Drug Testing] Whatever happened to those Republican traditions? Lately they are all about BIG government, what religion you practice, who is in your bedroom with you and, if you are a woman, what might be hiding "in your belly". Now it's indiscriminate drug testing. Sad. :long:
We need a law like this: Anyone self-identifying as a conservative needs to register with the government so that mandatory drug tests can be performed on them. Reason being, anyone who can hold such contradictory and hypocritical beliefs must be on drugs and therefore a danger to society.
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I actually used to vote for Republicans. That was way back when they were for small government. Now it seems that they want the government to get more and more involved in everyone's personal life (unless it involves gun ownership). Scott Walker Sues Feds Over Food Stamp Drug Testing] Whatever happened to those Republican traditions? Lately they are all about BIG government, what religion you practice, who is in your bedroom with you and, if you are a woman, what might be hiding "in your belly". Now it's indiscriminate drug testing. Sad. :long:
We need a law like this: Anyone self-identifying as a conservative needs to register with the government so that mandatory drug tests can be performed on them. Reason being, anyone who can hold such contradictory and hypocritical beliefs must be on drugs and therefore a danger to society. Great point. I love it. Lois
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So, starving people and their children because they suffer from an addiction is going to lower taxes and downsize government. And, Christians are good with this?

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You can’t do anything if aren’t eating, preferably a healthy diet. There is no line that is more bottom than that. I say this when people ask me why I think we should food to places where people are starving. Because you can’t expect children to learn or their parents to work if they aren’t eating. You can’t tell some to help themselves, but do it without food. You are telling that person to just die if you say that. Which I think would be fine with Scott.

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Republicans are not and have never been for “small government”. They are for big government when it comes to THEIR preferences such as miltary spending and bailing out corporations. The only small government they want is the part that supports social programs.
The call for “small government” is a typical Republican bald-faced lie. They want nothing of the sort. They simply want to change what “big government” spends money on and then call it “small government.” Nobody should fall for their sleight-of-hand tricks or their rhetoric.
Lois

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You are telling that person to just die if you say that.
Ebenezer Scrooge: ... then they had better do it and decrease the surplus population
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You are telling that person to just die if you say that.
Ebenezer Scrooge: ... then they had better do it and decrease the surplus population
Who would you start with, and lets change it from dying, to just being inactive and unresponsive, so that they could no longer engage in their unacceptable activity.
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Who would you start with
The question is who would Scott Walker start with. The answer would be the drug addicts who ask for free handouts and vote for Democrats. At least that is how I read it.
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Who would you start with
The question is who would Scott Walker start with. The answer would be the drug addicts who ask for free handouts and vote for Democrats. At least that is how I read it.
I'm not sure I would start with the drug users, but rather I would insist on a 2 pronged approach. First legalize all drugs and distribute them through a system similar to the Pa state store system, then deactivate the drug dealers, form the big producers to the sellers on the street, keeping only those who produced the drugs and were willing to do it within the law. However there would be no exceptions for those who have engaged in violence in the production and distribution of those drugs. Change the drug problem from one that requires money to be spent to fight it, to a system that provides an income for both the states and the federal government. Also included in the deactivation would be any politician who supported, benefited, or profited from that trade.
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I suppose it’s a good thing I don’t have that kind of power, I would think my most difficult question is, should I do it?

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I actually used to vote for Republicans. That was way back when they were for small government. Now it seems that they want the government to get more and more involved in everyone's personal life (unless it involves gun ownership). Scott Walker Sues Feds Over Food Stamp Drug Testing] Whatever happened to those Republican traditions? Lately they are all about BIG government, what religion you practice, who is in your bedroom with you and, if you are a woman, what might be hiding "in your belly". Now it's indiscriminate drug testing. Sad. :long:
I suspect that this is less about drug use and more about harassing poor people who need governmental subsidies, so as to save money for the government. This tactic could result in much more governmental savings if random drug testing were required for every corporate executive whose corporation gets tax breaks or other subsidies.
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Who would you start with
The question is who would Scott Walker start with. The answer would be the drug addicts who ask for free handouts and vote for Democrats. At least that is how I read it.
I'm not sure I would start with the drug users, but rather I would insist on a 2 pronged approach. First legalize all drugs and distribute them through a system similar to the Pa state store system, then deactivate the drug dealers, form the big producers to the sellers on the street, keeping only those who produced the drugs and were willing to do it within the law. However there would be no exceptions for those who have engaged in violence in the production and distribution of those drugs. Change the drug problem from one that requires money to be spent to fight it, to a system that provides an income for both the states and the federal government. Also included in the deactivation would be any politician who supported, benefited, or profited from that trade. ... I suppose it’s a good thing I don’t have that kind of power, I would think my most difficult question is, should I do it? If you had that kind of magical unilateral power, and you also included free treatment for anyone who wants to stop using drugs, then, I say, yeah, go for it, let's see what happens.
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I actually used to vote for Republicans. That was way back when they were for small government. Now it seems that they want the government to get more and more involved in everyone's personal life (unless it involves gun ownership). Scott Walker Sues Feds Over Food Stamp Drug Testing] Whatever happened to those Republican traditions? Lately they are all about BIG government, what religion you practice, who is in your bedroom with you and, if you are a woman, what might be hiding "in your belly". Now it's indiscriminate drug testing. Sad. :long:
I suspect that this is less about drug use and more about harassing poor people who need governmental subsidies, so as to save money for the government. This tactic could result in much more governmental savings if random drug testing were required for every corporate executive whose corporation gets tax breaks or other subsidies. Ha! i can just see that happening! Corporate executives have too much control over Congress for a law like that to pass. Poor people have no influence, so there are plenty of laws that affect only them and let the bigwigs off the hook. We live in a plutocracy, despite the rhetoric about democracy.
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Who would you start with
The question is who would Scott Walker start with. The answer would be the drug addicts who ask for free handouts and vote for Democrats. At least that is how I read it.
"Mankind should have been my business." Jacob Marley
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I suppose it's a good thing I don't have that kind of power, I would think my most difficult question is, should I do it?
The bigger question is COULD you do it? I say no. The president doesn't legislate, a fact too many candidates are apparently unaware of. They think they'll get in there and start chopping heads until they find out they can't do much at all. Just enough to cause disaster, though, as we've seen. Lois
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I actually used to vote for Republicans. That was way back when they were for small government. Now it seems that they want the government to get more and more involved in everyone's personal life (unless it involves gun ownership). Scott Walker Sues Feds Over Food Stamp Drug Testing] Whatever happened to those Republican traditions? Lately they are all about BIG government, what religion you practice, who is in your bedroom with you and, if you are a woman, what might be hiding "in your belly". Now it's indiscriminate drug testing. Sad. :long:
I suspect that this is less about drug use and more about harassing poor people who need governmental subsidies, so as to save money for the government. This tactic could result in much more governmental savings if random drug testing were required for every corporate executive whose corporation gets tax breaks or other subsidies. Ha! i can just see that happening! Corporate executives have too much control over Congress for a law like that to pass. Poor people have no influence, so there are plenty of laws that affect only them and let the bigwigs off the hook. We live in a plutocracy, despite the rhetoric about democracy. Of course it won't happen, as long as Repubs continue to be prevaricating hypocrites, IOW, it will never happen.